JK’s restaurant in Danbury is for sale after 98 years
DANBURY — A spouse and children-owned restaurant that got its start out marketing two incredibly hot canines and a cup of espresso for 25 cents and turned 1 of the city’s famous eateries is for sale so the entrepreneurs can “enjoy daily life a minimal.”
“In this organization, you have to set 100 % into it and we constantly set 100 p.c into it,” claimed Peter Koukos, whose grandfather and grand uncle begun JK’s Original Texas Sizzling Weiners on White Avenue in 1924. “We are not retiring due to the fact we are burned out — the business enterprise is heading potent, but it’s time to appreciate existence a minor.”
Koukos, 62, is referring to a loved ones-run business enterprise which survived the Terrific Melancholy, Planet War II, the flood of 1955 and the coronavirus pandemic by serving quintessential loved ones fare at reasonable costs. The menu at JK’s cafe, which has been on South Road for 48 decades, attributes cheeseburgers, club sandwiches and grinders — all for under $12.
“The pandemic did not influence us at all,” reported Koukos soon just before the lunch rush on Tuesday, referring to the COVID-19 epidemic that shut down scores of dining establishments throughout Connecticut and the country through its two-calendar year scourge. “We just altered the way we did enterprise.”
Koukos and his older brother George hope the new homeowners pick up where the relatives custom has still left off — preferring quality above everything else.
A authentic estate listing for the cafe suggests as significantly.
“Many enterprises, especially all through pandemic occasions, did not make it this particular company thrived through the shut down and continue to continues to grow and could grow to even a lot more,” mentioned a listing by Coldwell Banker Realty. “The hrs, menu, catering, off internet site special events, in residence particular gatherings, takeout, shipping and delivery, foodstuff truck, and a lot of more concepts could improve this enterprise and even grow to be a franchise.”
To just take over the small business and the restaurant at 126 South St. will expense you $2.2 million, according to the listing.
“For pretty much 100 yrs, this place has been a model and a staple in town, and you could be the just one to capitalize off of its legacy and make it your individual,” the listing reads. “The family members who owns this would really like absolutely nothing extra than (to have) able and prepared individuals to move off the decades of dedication … with the exact dream.”
Kouskos claimed he has been telling clients who have listened to the information that the family members has each intention of marketing to a new operator with similar values.
“They say, ‘Oh no, you can not do that,’ and I say ‘JK’s will be the exact,’” Koukos stated. “That is our intention. The new entrepreneurs will do that if they are intelligent. There is no purpose to reinvent the wheel.”
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